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Chocolate Works - Corner Lintels, Windposts & Standard Lintels

OVERVIEW

The Chocolate Works is an award winning £50.0m housing project on a strategic site bounded by York Racecourse Conversation Area and the listed Terry’s of York chocolate manufacturers building, both intrinsic to the city’s rich history. The development by David Wilson Homes, provides 320 homes including apartments and family houses. IG’s standard lintels, corner lintels and windposts provide the necessary structural support for bright and stylish open-plan spaces across multiple floors.

Challenge:

Since the closure of the factory, the unused industrial site had been bought and sold on several occasions. A viable scheme could not be agreed and developed to respond to the local surroundings, complementing and referencing the adjacent Grade II listed chocolate factory.

Solution:

David Wilson Homes used community involvement at the initial design workshop which gave local people and key stakeholders a voice in the scheme’s design. The layouts of the homes achieved are simple and clear and focus on the demands of the residents for modern and contemporary style living with high ceilings and large windows providing ample natural light.

IG’s technical team designed wide inner leaf corner lintels accommodating a range of sizes for ‘The Leetham’ house type for both kitchen and study areas. IG’s corner lintels allowed for flexible open-plan spaces to be suffused with natural light through a clean and minimalistic design approach. All the lintels were supplied with customised steel support posts for each mitred corner and tailored to include factory fitted spigots located in the cavity to ensure that no steelwork was visible, with the post being encased at the corner to achieve the architectural design feature.

Products featured in this case study

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IG Single Leaf Lintels - Standard/ Heavy Duty

IG Single Leaf Lintels - Standard/ Heavy Duty

IG Thin Joint Lintels - Standard/ Heavy/ Extra Heavy

IG Thin Joint Lintels - Standard/ Heavy/ Extra Heavy

IG Specials & Sunlounge Lintels  - Special Steel Lintels

IG Specials & Sunlounge Lintels - Special Steel Lintels

IG Windposts - U, DU, LP

IG Windposts - U, DU, LP

IG Roller Shutter Lintels - Standard/ Heavy/ Extra Heavy/ Extreme

IG Roller Shutter Lintels - Standard/ Heavy/ Extra Heavy/ Extreme

IG Timber Frame Lintels - Standard/ Heavy/ Extra Heavy Duty

IG Timber Frame Lintels - Standard/ Heavy/ Extra Heavy Duty

IG Hi Therm + Cavity Wall Lintels - Standard/ Heavy/ Extra Heavy Duty

IG Hi Therm + Cavity Wall Lintels - Standard/ Heavy/ Extra Heavy Duty

IG Non Combustible Cavity Tray Lintels (NCCTL) - Standard/ Heavy/ Extra Heavy Duty

IG Non Combustible Cavity Tray Lintels (NCCTL) - Standard/ Heavy/ Extra Heavy Duty

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